Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तत्रैवाराधय विभुं लिंगरूपिणमीश्वरम् । प्रतिष्ठाप्य महापापाच्छारी रात्त्वं विमोक्ष्यसि

Transliteration

tatraivārādhaya vibhuṃ liṃgarūpiṇamīśvaram | pratiṣṭhāpya mahāpāpācchārī rāttvaṃ vimokṣyasi

Translation

ณ ที่นั่นเอง จงบูชาพระอิศวรผู้แผ่ซ่านทั่ว ผู้ทรงปรากฏเป็นลึงค์ เมื่อได้สถาปนาลึงค์แล้ว ท่านจักพ้นจากมหาบาปและพันธนาการแห่งกาย

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक-अव्यय/locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/emphatic particle)

• आराधय: worship
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आराध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विभुम्: the all-pervading Lord
• विभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• लिङ्गरूपिणम्: having the form of the liṅga
• लिङ्गरूपिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिङ्ग + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (विभुम्/ईश्वरम्)

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: having installed/established
• प्रतिष्ठाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having established)

• महापापात्: from great sin
• महापापात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (पाप), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• शारी: O Śārī (name/epithet)
• शारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शारिन्/शारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/कर्ता-स्थान (addressed person as subject)

• रात्त्वम्: (unclear reading; possibly ‘quickly/at once’ or a name)
• रात्त्वम्: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप)

• विमोक्ष्यसि: you will be freed
• विमोक्ष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (guiding authority addressing Rāma in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Śiva-liṅga ārādhana / pratiṣṭhā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a devotee performs abhiṣeka and worship to a radiant Śiva-liṅga; nearby, a newly established liṅga is consecrated; dark chains symbolizing bondage break apart.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Liṅga
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is fulfilled by devotion: worship and consecration of Śiva’s Liṅga at the sacred site leads to purification and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically the place where Liṅga-worship and establishment are prescribed in this chapter’s tīrtha-context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (worship) of Īśvara in Liṅga form and Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (installation/consecration).